Pirongia Gold
Classification:
1 Y-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
Graeme and Faith Miller
Tokoroa, New Zealand; Te Awamutu
Graeme and Faith MillerRegistered:
Yes, 2013
Seed Parent:
Tyburnia 1 Y-Y
Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1989
Gold Flush x Reward
Tyburnia
Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1989
Gold Flush x Reward
TyburniaPollen Parent:
Temple Gold 1 Y-Y
David S. Bell, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1968
Dawngold x Dawn Shower
Temple Gold
David S. Bell, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1968
Dawngold x Dawn Shower
Temple GoldSeedling Number:
07-009
Descendants:
None
Comments
Fl. rounded, 114mm wide; perianth segments 47mm long, very broadly ovate, blunt, spreading, plane or with margins recurved, midrib showing, of heavy substance; the inner segments narrower; corona 49mm long, funnel-shaped, smooth, mouth flared and frilled, with rim dentate.
Origin of Name
Part of the Miller’s “Pirongia Series”. Pirongia is the name of the nearest town where the Millers live. It is also the name of a nearby mountain.
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